Can anyone tell me how well this computer handles gaming on high settings and does it give off good fps. Also would it handle sims 3 &amp; 4 series games. and is the video card meant for gaming what's its classification?
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I purchased this computer 4 months ago. I am a gamer and play old school Everquest and can run multiple characters at one time. No overheating issues and no lag
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I dont play too many games on it but what i have played it has done amazingly well. The graphics are absoutly amazing in my opinion and i feel the processor can handle it. I plan to try battlefield 4 on this computer in the near future.
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It depends on your needs. Home business, office work, school, or just for fun? It's a powerful computer, and for average use works very well!! If you want something that also games well, you will need to have a better video card installed. Otherwise for the money you can't beat this computer! :)
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Faster than what?You should be able to play without a problem. It depends on your graphics card though. I overclocked mine without any issues too. It is an old processor now. Hard to find motherboards for it.
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No this is very basic computer, a very good model but graphics, processing and memory are no where near what you would need for gaming. this model is good for getting online, watching shows online and storage of pictures and documents, and some basic computing programs. search for gaming models.
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I play Battlefield 4 and Guild Wars 2. Both keep a smooth steady 60fps. It would probably be higher if my system was a little beefier. I have an AMD940 with ddr2 ram. I don't overclock, and it always stays a tad below 70c under load. My machine gets a little loud when everything is running at full speed, but Im not sure if I can hear the GPU fan above the power supply and CPU fan which will speed up under load. I think its a great card for the money.
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Hi John.This computer could be a decent gaming machine if you do the following. Add a 64 bit OS to it. Then add like 8GB of ram. Now your talking! However your card with an i5 or i7. Is insane dual core processors vs quad cores for gaming will produce a lot more frames per seconds. I hope that helped and sorry for the typos.
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It has the power to run the games fine and on high graphics settings. But if you're intending to use it for long periods of time, 3-4 hours settings, I'd go for something else. The problem I've been having with this model is the power port becomes overly heated and has become disconnected from the motherboard. I've had to repair it twice.
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Actually, surprisingly good. Although, what you'll really want to partner with this is a good GPU... unless you're planning on focusing more on CPU intensive games like WoW, then you'll be okay with a middle of the road GPU. I've been playing Titanfall, Assassins Creed: Black flag, BF4, (as well as some older titles) and my fps is definitely playable and pleasing to the eyes (running everything 1080p and maxed settings). I have this CPU partnered with a GTX 760 2GB... soon to be an SLI setup. Hope that helps!
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We got it for my 13 year old son who was looking for a gaming PC to build. As of this evening he is very pleased with the card, this is evidenced by the fact that he has no need for my work laptop and he has been in his room for hours playing Gary's Mods. Hope this helps
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it's a beast of a computer. easily runs the newest games without a hitch. build quality is really really good. the only problems are that if you do play the latests with high/ultra gra[hic quiality... it gets hot. very hot. and the fan tends to get noisy. personally, would buy it again.
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I have never had a problem with this card. That is to say, the card has played every game I throw at it. I only have an i3 dual core processor also. I think with a good processor and a decent amount of ram you will be satisfied. Also, I recently discovered that if you play through a tv with a 120 or better refresh rate then the frame rate will increase much.
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It is great. I did have an artifact problem with mine and had to rma it, but otherwise the card is great. It runs everything I have at the highest graphics without sacrificing speed. They have a newer card, but I think this one is faster than that for a lower price.
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its decent for it. its got integrated graphics which kinda sucks, but itll play things like skyrim on low settings, if you want to use that as a benchmark. i havent noticed any overheating problem. i personally use it for gaming as im a twitch streamer and this is my main rig atm.i havent really tried newer games on it as much. it has slowdown with dolphin (gamecube/wii emulator) but runs things like Skullgirls no problem.
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My son plays minecraft he gets about 100 fps. Every game I have gotten him works. However the video card needs to be upgraded for performance and to do that I need a better power supply. Looking at 200 for video card and 80 for power supply. All in all this so far has been a good system for the money.
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In my opinion. It is not the best computer for gaming. All though it does work ok. My brother is a huge mine craft fan and he said that it was slightly slow. It still is good though. Alienware computers are expensive. But they are the best for gaming.
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It can run Battlefield 3 on low/med settings. It's quite a good card for the price and what I bought for my first ever build (still got a soft spot for this card). It runs almost at the same spec as some real massive cards and doesn't suck any power or space. Good card!